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Where is ecumenism going? Brian O’Leary, SJ.

January 1, 2014

Irish Jesuits · Where is ecumenism going? Brian O’Leary, SJ. ‘Expanding Hope’ is the theme of a Jesuit podcast series for Advent, focusing on the state of ecumenism, fifty years...

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Remembering Seamus Heaney

January 1, 2014

Irish Jesuits · Remembering Seamus Heaney Brendan Duddy SJ talks to Pat Coyle about his friend of many years’ standing, Seamus Heaney, who passed away this week. A fellow-Derryman and...

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The power of attention in spirituality

January 1, 2014

Irish Jesuits · The power of attention in spirituality Arthur Holder, Professor of Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, discusses the meaning of spirituality with Pat...

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Among the Dinka

December 20, 2013

When Richard O'Dwyer writes from South Sudan, the newest country in the world, you feel that he is still holding his breath, hoping that this land which he loves will...

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Morrissey at the Mansion House

December 20, 2013

Todd Morrissey SJ is no stranger to book-launches, but the unveiling (on 9 December) of his biography of Laurence O’Neill (Dublin’s Lord Mayor 1917-1924) was perhaps the best that he...

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Tribute to missionaries

December 20, 2013

The Irish Missionary Union's inaugural Award Ceremony was held on 27th November at City Hall, Dublin. Mrs. Sabina Higgins, wife of the Irish President, hailed the "great and well-earned reputation"...

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“Acts now!”- Peter McVerry SJ

December 20, 2013

Peter McVerry SJ who campaigns on behalf of people who are homeless has called on the Governement to introduce an Homelessness Act that would give homeless people a legal right...

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Evening Prayer: Chad and Belvedere

December 20, 2013

Fr Gerry Clarke, a member of the Rapid Response Unit of the Jesuit Refugee Service, has just been appointed National Director of the JRS in Chad, where he has been...

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Peter Faber is a saint

December 20, 2013

On 17 December Pope Francis canonized Peter Faber, one of the first companions of St. Ignatius, extending his devotion to the universal Church. He holds a special meaning because he...

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Ignatian mysticism and contemporary culture

December 20, 2013

Brian O’Leary, that lucid and learned chronicler of spiritualities, poses a key question in an article in The Way (October 2013): why is it that Jesuits, dedicated to a life...

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